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1. Well first off, we need  to announce some changes around  the office.   Spot

   and iCE have gone seperate  ways.  Root88 was  promoted to Senior Staff, and

   Mass Delusion took a bow (maybe not his final one, but only time will tell).

   That leaves Slothy and Root88 as iCE's new Senior Staff pair.   We certainly

   wish Spot a lot of luck and will miss him.



2. We have to apologize for the  downtime of Digital Art Core.   The problem is

   domain-related,  so we'll get it back online when we finally get the 3-count

   against NSI.



3. Upon hearing the news,  Root88 waxed his  bikini line and  shaved his  legs.

   When people asked, "What does being Senior Staff of iCE have to do with body

   hair removal?", Root88 simply said,  "You have no idea the  kind of tail you

   get by telling women you're Senior Staff of the biggest digital art group in

   the world."   Behind him,  Mynx was  seen nodding.   IceMan then  added, "Y0

   D00dz!  G0t any cardz?  Can eye be IRCop?" and everyone seemed to agree that

   the Teletubbies episode must be over.



4. I (Slothy) just wanted to take  this time to thanks  MassD for his years and

   years of  service to iCE (since 1995!).   He certainly  deserves a  rest and

   some time off to relax a bit.  Mass Delusion singlehandedly pulled the group

   through some  rough times and  deserves a round  of applause and an  ld50 of

   alcohol.   Mass Delusion will remain in the  group as an Inactive  Member of

   iCE, and will still buy the lolipops when iCE goes bowling.



5. Root88 started  his dynasty,  err rule, err chance  to server his fellow iCE

   members  by decreeing that  everyone must  tell him  that he is "sexy as all

   hell".   When  fellow  members told  him that  Slothy is  really sexier,  he

   demoted  them to  Couriers.   We are  sad to  announce that  Devastator  and

   MrMister are both now Couriers.  But hey, it had to be done.



6. We're in quilt heaven this  month!  We finished 3  major quilts that had iCE

   Members working on them.   First off, we have our  Lord of the Rings  quilt.

   Then we have two "Spree" quilts  which are done just to  crank them out in a

   night or two with a crowd of artists on irc (irc.ice.org #tiles).   We think

   you'll enjoy them.



6a. Additionally, we need to  steer you all to the  Breed/Raster quilt that was 

    completed this month.   Unfortunately, since it  was just Breed  and Raster

    but no iCE members,  we can't  really put it  in our pack  (damn! :).   But

    maybe we can do an  iCE/Raster/Breed joint  quilt in the  future?   But the

    boys over at Breed and Raster did a really amazing job with this quilt, and

    we just can't resist giving it some extra promotion.



    The Breed/Raster quilt can be found at 

    http://tiles.ice.org/index.php?quilt_id=29



7. You'll notice some changes in  our presentation this month.  Be sure to read

   our interview  with Jamie McCarter  this month and TonchyZ's tutorial on his

   Darth Maul  image from last month.   We'll continue to  expand the "pack" in

   the future.



Doorbells and Sleighbells and Warm Woolen Mittens,

     Slothy and Root88



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